Alex Myers
@amyersoc.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sociology, Washburn University. PhD from University of Kansas. Frustrated generalist w/ specialties in economic soc, law and crim. I love theory. Views my own. He/him.
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one aspect of the Biden admin has been an enormous redirection of capital away from tech bullshit and into Building Stuff, and I think this explains a lot of the hysteria among VCs bsky.app/profile/lolg...
A Quiet New Deal is going on, and Biden is doing all the things Trump pretended he would do and will immediately steal credit for.
May 21, 2024 at 3:00 AM
one aspect of the Biden admin has been an enormous redirection of capital away from tech bullshit and into Building Stuff, and I think this explains a lot of the hysteria among VCs bsky.app/profile/lolg...
Lost my sweet orange boy yesterday. He was brimming with personality and was so often a bright spot of my day when brightness was hard to come by. I'll miss him so much
May 21, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Lost my sweet orange boy yesterday. He was brimming with personality and was so often a bright spot of my day when brightness was hard to come by. I'll miss him so much
Really great conversation from @kyla.bsky.social. Reminds me how many economists feel alienated from the mainstream of their field because it lacks a fundamental connection with its object of study: people.
youtu.be/PDbCdrhcdXo?...
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December 12, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Really great conversation from @kyla.bsky.social. Reminds me how many economists feel alienated from the mainstream of their field because it lacks a fundamental connection with its object of study: people.
youtu.be/PDbCdrhcdXo?...
youtu.be/PDbCdrhcdXo?...
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The president of the UNC system is worried not enough faculty have been fired after post-tenure review.
Nothing to see here.
ncnewsline.com/2023/09/14/u...
Nothing to see here.
ncnewsline.com/2023/09/14/u...
September 15, 2023 at 12:31 AM
The president of the UNC system is worried not enough faculty have been fired after post-tenure review.
Nothing to see here.
ncnewsline.com/2023/09/14/u...
Nothing to see here.
ncnewsline.com/2023/09/14/u...
I love teaching intro to sociology
September 7, 2023 at 11:31 PM
I love teaching intro to sociology
7 PM and 100 degrees. WTF.
August 25, 2023 at 1:13 AM
7 PM and 100 degrees. WTF.
Is it common for burnout to not really sink in until you have a little time off?
August 17, 2023 at 5:18 PM
Is it common for burnout to not really sink in until you have a little time off?
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And there you have it.
August 17, 2023 at 11:21 AM
And there you have it.
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This is why I think the SEC's rules will be so crucial. I think if investors/businesses were forced into an honest accounting of the costs of climate change, we'd see far more political support for mitigating measures. The distortion of capital from underreporting has knock on political effects
Investors routinely ignore physical climate risk (you know *waves arms* everything that's been happening), and only worry about transition risk (how the economy changes with a changing energy mix).
August 17, 2023 at 1:39 PM
This is why I think the SEC's rules will be so crucial. I think if investors/businesses were forced into an honest accounting of the costs of climate change, we'd see far more political support for mitigating measures. The distortion of capital from underreporting has knock on political effects
Woo hoo, finally on the less shitty Twitter clone! Thanks to @euthyphro.bsky.social for the invite
August 3, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Woo hoo, finally on the less shitty Twitter clone! Thanks to @euthyphro.bsky.social for the invite